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Friday, 13 October 2017

17th October Pay Lobby and Rally - Letter to UNISON Branch Secretary

Apologies, I am aware that you will have been bombarded with
emails from the national office, the national service group and the region on
the TUC Pay Lobby and Rally on 17th October.

However, it is a huge opportunity to put pressure on the
Government to change their position and take seriously the issue of public
sector pay. Although this year’s pay round for Higher Education has been
concluded, next year’s pay claim will be submitted early in the new year- this
is also an opportunity to show UCEA that University Support Staff deserve a pay
rise!

If you live in a constituency with a Tory MP, please
consider lobbying your MP or reaching out to your reps and members and
asking them to get involved. Support is available from us if you, your reps or
members aren’t sure how to do this.

Even if you or your reps live in a constituency with a
Labour MP (or another party), please consider joining the lobby anyway! It’s
useful to have allies and to give MPs first hand accounts of the effect of
below inflation pay rises.

If you can’t attend the lobby but still want to be part of
the Pay campaign, there will be a Rally in the evening 6.30 to 8.30pm in
Parliament Square. If you, your reps or members would like to attend, want
more information or to meet up with some friendly faces, please get in contact
with me or another organiser. Even if you can’t stay for long- show your face
and wave a UNISON flag!

Or if you are feeling creative, follow in City University
Branch’s footsteps and make your own placards!

If it’s all in hand and your branch has plans in place,
please let me, Vicky or Colin know if you haven’t done so already so we can feed
this back and get an idea of numbers.